The miller boy, the miller boy,
Lives by the mill.
The mill turns around with its own free will.
One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack,
Salute your partner and take a back track.
We're sailing east, we're sailing west,
We're sailing over the ocean.
Says I, "Young man, if you don't watch out,
You'll be too slow in the motion."

Happy is the miller boy who lives by the mill;
The wheel turns around with its own free will.
One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack.
Salute your partner and take a back track.
We're sailing east, we're sailing west.
We're sailing over the ocean.
Says I," Young man, if you don't look out,
You'll take too slow in the motion."

(Mrs. Ash: "There's a boy and a girl in pairs in a
circle and one extra boy to lead. And the boy in the middle, he starts
out by singing "Miller Boy," and then when they say salute your partner
and take a back track, he steps in and steals a partner, and then they
go again. And then after everyone gets halfway through, then they sing
they're sailing east and sailing west and then everyone turns and goes
in the opposite direction until they get new partners. The boys go one
way and the girl goes the other.")